Sacrifice

Template:Newcontent Sacrifice is a short story that is included as additional content in the novel Halo: Shadows of Reach in limited-edition exclusive copies sold by Wal-Mart, in stores or online.^[1]^[2] The short story is fully self-contained, though connected to the Shadows of Reach novel in a "unique way".^[2] The story is uncredited to a specific author, only credited within Shadows of Reach to 343 Industries.

Plot synopsis

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Appearances

Characters

Human

Locklear (Indirect mention)

Jiralhanae

Atriox (Mentioned only)
Bomarus (First appearance)
Burekos (First appearance)
Choros (First appearance)
Minas (First appearance)
Sonin (First mentioned)
Sopruuz (First appearance)
Tartarus (Mentioned only)
Zeretus (First appearance)

Kig-Yar

Itka (First appearance)

Sangheili

Thel 'Vadam (Indirect mention)
Okro 'Vagaduun (First appearance)

San'Shyuum

Prophet of Mercy (Indirect mention)
Prophet of Regret (Indirect mention)
Prophet of Truth (Mentioned only)

Species

Forerunner (Mentioned only)
Flood (Mentioned only)
Human (Mentioned only)
Jiralhanae
Kig-Yar
Sangheili
San'Shyuum (Mentioned only)
Unggoy

Organizations

Covenant (Loyalist survivors)
- High Council (Mentioned only)
Covenant remnants
- Banished
UNSC (Indirect mention)

Locations

Doisac (Mentioned only)
- Warial (Mentioned only)
  - Ividar Rux (First mentioned)
High Charity (Mentioned only)
Installation 00
- Mahsko (First appearance)
Orion Arm
- Sol system
  - Earth (Mentioned only)
    - Portal at Voi (Mentioned only)
- Epsilon Eridani system
  - Reach (Mentioned only)
    - The Portal under the Mountain (Mentioned only)
- Eridanus system (Mentioned only)

Events

War
- Human-Covenant War (Mentioned only)
  - Battle of Installation 00 (Mentioned only)
  - Great Schism (Mentioned only)
    - Fall of High Charity (Mentioned only)
  - Massacre at Eridanus Secundus (Indirect mention)
- Second Ark Conflict
  - Outbreak on Installation 00 (Mentioned only)
  - Raid on Anodyne Spirit (First appearance)
- War of Beginnings (Mentioned only)

Weapons

Production notes

The short story was not written by Troy Denning, but by the people at 343 Industries. It was written when Troy Denning was revising Halo: Shadows of Reach as 343 Industries saw a chance to expand on a detail in the book to tie-in and prepare for something else.^[3]

Sources

^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Despite Distance
^ ^a ^b Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Pen Umbra
^ Twitter, TDenningauthor: "No. "Sacrifice" was written by the 343 staff (not sure who), as I was revising Shadows. They saw a chance to expand on a detail in Shadows that would tie-in to and prepare for something else. Maybe a couple of something elses. Don't ask me what, because I'm not sure I know."

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[CF108-1] Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Despite Distance

[CFPUmbra-2] Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Pen Umbra

[DenningTwitterAugust-5] Twitter, TDenningauthor: "No. "Sacrifice" was written by the 343 staff (not sure who), as I was revising Shadows. They saw a chance to expand on a detail in Shadows that would tie-in to and prepare for something else. Maybe a couple of something elses. Don't ask me what, because I'm not sure I know."

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